Indiana coach Curt Cignetti believes ESPN is pushing the SEC.
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He was insufferable at JMU. And he's already wearing thin at IU. Widely despised in B1G circles (outside Bloomington).
Lol…..i liked him better, when he quietly, wen about his business. Then the fool opened his mouth. I gave him too much credit for wisdom. Just sayin'.
I have watched several IU games this year, and yes, y'all are absolutely correct—-they could easily have 3 losses right now—easy!!
Booooooohooooooo
You are not considering the eye test. AL gets the PI against Bolden or recovers the SWH muff and they beat UGA. Beat UGA and the TN letdown probably doesn't happen. KY doesn't look to be on that level yet. Find out this week how real KY is.
From what I have seen of IN so far this season they do not look like the #4 team in the country. Find out more about IN AND USC this week.
God, I hope we get a shot at this arrogant jerk in the playoffs. First we need to take care of our own business the next few weeks…Indiana is lucky they don't have 3 losses instead of 1. Cignetti has a big mouth. Let's see if he's got the goods to back it up. Until then it looks like his mouth is writing checks that his ass can't cover.
I don't think IU will get there, from here…, not this year. Lol….neither will OSU, Oregon, Michigan, Penn St, Notre Dame, USC or Florida. Maybe, not even Miami, Texas or Bama (Auburn beats em this year), the way this years CFPC is…."doing what they do"….for lack of an established term or process. All of these teams have either lost or flirted wildly with the loss column from day one. Very inconsistent. Just sayin'.
ESPN/ABC & The Herbstreit Gang will be hosed….Lol. They'll have nothing to talk about. They could tell you the names of the Parents, Siblings & Family Pet….when it comes to the personalities on the above teams. Personas they created btw.
"They'd" be hard pressed to come up with more than the "Stockton Story", when it comes to UGA. I was getting sick of listening to the "bird-brains in the cage", during the Florida Game. I think they forgot what watching a football game is all about.
Lol…Herbstreit, Fowler & "The Expert Ref-in-the-Box" sounded like my Wife and a couple of her friends giving the Color Analysis on their favorite Team, in that game. "What are they wearing"…." Did you hear about…blah blah blah"….and close ups galore. We probably only saw the football field, for 10% of the game. If that.
In fact….they are always on the same side of the fence. Never conflict or debate. Fowler is Herbstreit's Yes-Man….while the Ref-in-the-Box reads what they want him to say about "a call on the field". Lol…it's an Entertainment Production….as opposed to Prime Video's Foitball Production. Awesome….imo.
Go Dawgs! Make the Rebels squeal. Lol
Well said, this has been true for decades. I hastily picked my username on here and can't change it but it works out well for posts like this haha.
It's hard to know what to make of Kurb Hurtstreet, but I don't trust him at all. You're right. It's a tv show. The football game is a backdrop.
Go, Dawgs!
You bring up an interesting point that I don't think you meant to bring up. Years ago, I had this idea about TV announcing for CFB. Here's a little bit of backstory for me. I was basically born a DAWG, but I didn't know why. The houses I grew up in (I was basically on a family compound - parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, all within a circular mile of each other) with commemorative Coca-Cola UGA championship bottles on shelves. I was a North Harlem Elementary Bullpup. I was a Harlem Middle School Bulldog, and a HHS Bulldog. My colors were always red and black. My uncle loved football, but my dad was never huge on it. My cousins played football. I played baseball and basketball. When I hit high school, I quit sports altogether and started doing theatre. Still, I had friends on the football team, and went to games regularly, although I never fully understood it. The girl I married right after high school could have cared less, so I paid attention to no sports, pretty much at all. Fast forward to 2017. I remarry. My wife is an alumna with season tickets, and she takes me to my first game. I don't know what to do at first, but something about the energy settles over me, and I'm screaming every time we're on defense. I've never looked back.
Because of the season, some people might want to call me a bandwagoner. I would counter that with what I said before: I was born a DAWG, I just never understood why until I was nearly forty.
That's probably more backstory than was necessary, but there it is. Anyway, I had this idea early on, because I wanted to know everything all at once about how the game really worked. Instead of having two dudes just running their mouths and trying to find stuff to say, how much more interesting would it be to have a legitimate expert, and a very enthusiastic, but very ignorant-the-game commentator. That ignorant guy would be asking all of the questions that new fans would want to know, and the well-informed guy would have to answer them, while also doing the "color" job. Think about when the cut to the "rules expert" when some wonky it-shouldn't-be-a-targeting-call comes up, and how all of a sudden you've got a guy just giving you the basics of how a thing is supposed to work, except for the everyday stuff. I guess it could get old-hat for many of us once certain things were covered, but it sure would keep things like, idk one commentator calling a team "overrated" on live tv from happening…
Sounds like a huge improvement to what we have.
Too often they're talking about things which have nothing to do with football.
Too often they're talking about their opinions. They seem rather impressed with their opinions and themselves.
I wouldn't mind if they did a lot more play by play announcing. I wouldn't mind if they told us which players have come into and/or left the game (not just then the quarterback is changed).
I agree with you entirely about one thing. The more one knows about football and how to watch football the more fun it is.
I still think the inclusion of women's opinions….ruined the game. Too touchy-feely now.
And….I don't know WHO decided field level viewing is optimal. You can't see crap….but the back of a player's butt. And, before the play….you are treated to close ups of facemasks and earholes….Lol.
Morons and women are in charge. Must be. Football players know better. Why do you think 50 yard line seats cost more. And, I'm talking 10 rows up….NOT field level for gosh sake. Lol
They still don't understand why Dandy Don and Howard Cossell "worked". They 'very tried numerous times to duplicate it….with resounding Failure. DEI Hires….every one of em. "The Best" would've fixed it a long time ago.
Oh well….At least we got the Dawgs!
I'm not arguing with you, but…
There are women who know a ton about football. Laura Rutledge. Holly Rowe. I heard a long interview with Holly Rowe during which she was very impressive. Many people remember Laura Rutledge running circles around Paul Finebaum on his radio show. I would argue that both these women are far more expert than most guys.
I did not much like her voice, but Beth Mowins did a good job as a play-by-play announcer, and clearly knew a lot about football. at least that was my impression of her.
None of that is to say that the consumer sport of football has not been feminized and ruined to a significant degree.
Are you saying the game itself has become touchy-feely? Or, the presentation of it on tv?
It's not what they know….but, how they process and use the information.
I agree…there are some very knowledgeable & football savvy Women roaming about. But….NONE of em work at ESPN/ABC Sports….or the CFPC or Voters for the Heisman or CFP-12.
Lol….Heck, some of the Ladies in my family could give you a run for your money….in general knowledge about the game or their Team. But, i wouldn't ask em to Coach a little league team or Officiate….cause, i hear their comments and see their reactions, when we're watching my Nephew play.
Women process information differently than their male counterparts…imo. That's as deep as i'm digging this hole, cause i love em to death and plan to look em in the eye again. No offense to the Ladies out there….but, you know i'm telling the truth. Lolol….it is what it is and it aint no more.
I'm saying that gradually….NFL and, now, CFB….has been softened, watered down and sanitized for mass consumption by all types of consumers. They make the QB the sole focus of success….as if he plays defense and Special Teams. Lol….something for women to sink their teeth in.
Now?….Men know the QB is important…but, so are the other 21 players…and we know why…..and care Football is a complex violent war between 22 MEN over a pigskin and an endzone. Not the Tennis Match between quarterbacks that women would like to boil the game down to.
I'm kidding a lttle bit….but there is truth in what i'm saying. I don't mind getting creative to make the viewing experience better….like Amazon Prime does. Outstanding innovation with a "visual" information forward production format.
Just sayin'….There are far fewer female, than male Fans. And fewer still….that even care about such things as seeing the field and knowing which skill players are in or out of the game on each play….yada yada. Just due to the raw numbers. Meaning….the brains focusing on the rules, regulations and television viewing experience….appear to be female, due to the current state of "all of it".
Lol….I'm not worried….i don't think women even participate in football forums. Hell i think Finebaum has to hunt for female callers. Probably pays em, too. They'll never know.
Go Dawgs!
